21 May 2021; MEMO: A digital rights group and a number of Palestinian news agencies sent a formal complaint to Facebook on Wednesday "for the arbitrary censorship of content posted on the platform by Palestinian journalists and commentators".
21 May 2021; MEMO: Over one hundred faculty members of one of the world's leading universities have issued a statement in support of Palestinians and their "struggle as a global movement for liberation from settler colonialism and racial apartheid".
CEUTA, Spain (AP) — Residents of Spain’s multi-ethnic city of Ceuta are used to being in the news every time the fragile alliance between Spain and Morocco shakes up.
For many “Ceutis,” as locals are known, that comes with being a speck of a European nation in North Africa. The city is culturally closely intertwined with Morocco, with Muslims making over 40% of its population, but also separated from it by high perimeter fences that set apart the two extremes of poverty and prosperity.
21 May 2021; MEMO: Norway's Sovereign Wealth Fund yesterday withdrew its investments from two Israeli companies over their involvement in Israel's illegal settlement activities in the occupied West Bank.
20 May 2021; MEMO: Gaza's medical teams are unable to sufficiently treat those wounded in Israeli air strikes because the Strip lacks the necessary medical equipment and drugs, the Director of the Palestine Red Crescent, Bashar Murad, warned yesterday.
20 May 2021; MEMO: Israeli occupation forces continue to attack the Gaza Strip killing at least 200 Palestinians including 70 children. The Occupation authorities are also practicing serious violations against the Palestinians in the Sheikh Jarrah's neighbourhood, which is also a blatant breach of laws, treaties, and international conventions.
Al Aqsa Mosque also has been raided by Israeli settlers, and police forces recently
21 May 2021; MEMO: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday told Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi that America cannot continue to publicly support its bombing campaign in Gaza, Axios reported.
Calling for the assault to end soon, Blinken said the US could not keep opposing French efforts at the UN Security Council for a resolution calling for a ceasefire.
21 May 2021; MEMO: British Labour Party MP Richard Burgon asked the House of Commons yesterday how many more Palestinian civilian casualties it will take before the government takes action to stop Israeli war crimes.
20 May 2021; MEMO: Israeli forces have deliberately targeted two water pipelines in the Al-Saftawi area cutting supplies to 20 per cent of the residents of Gaza City, the municipality said in a statement today.
"The Israeli air strikes on Al-Saftawi area last night damaged two main water pipelines feeding the northwestern residential areas," the statement said.
21 May 2021; MEMO: Hundreds of Iraqi protesters aboard 21 buses yesterday headed to the Iraqi-Jordanian border to protest against Israel's violence against Palestinians at the Hashemite Kingdom's border with the occupied West Bank, Anadolu news agency reported.
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